Damongo Senior High
Key school facts
- Category
- C
- School code
- 0080201
- Gender
- Mixed
- Residential
- Day & Boarding
- Established
- 1971
About Damongo Senior High
Damongo Senior High is a mixed day-and-boarding school in West Gonja in the Savannah Region. It opened in 1971 and has grown into one of the better-known second-cycle schools in the area.
The school offers Agricultural Science, Business, Home Economics, General Arts and General Science.
Damongo's long history and broad programme mix make it worth comparing carefully if you want a school in the Savannah Region with both science and non-science options.
Programmes Offered
5 listedExplore the programmes currently verified for this school.
History
Damongo Senior High was established on 22 November 1971 with 68 students.
A Golden Jubilee account traces the school's early leadership and its growth over five decades.
The school's expansion accelerated as new academic and residential facilities were added, turning a small beginning into a much larger day-and-boarding community.
Academics
Damongo Senior High offers Agricultural Science, Business, Home Economics, General Arts and General Science.
Those programmes lead to different elective combinations, so choose with the subjects you may need after SHS in mind.
SideScholar's programme directory can help you compare the routes before making a choice.
Admissions & Entry Guidance
If you are coming from JHS, you choose Damongo Senior High and your programme through Ghana's national school-selection and placement system.
Your BECE result matters, but so do the programme you choose and how many places are available.
For official placement results and instructions, use the CSSPS portal.
School placement is managed through CSSPS.
Facilities
Damongo's campus has expanded over time with an administration block, sick bay, science laboratory, library and separate residential facilities.
Those additions matter for a school offering both practical science programmes and boarding.
Student Life
Student life at Damongo combines lessons with boarding-house routines, sport, clubs and student leadership.
Because the school has served the area for decades, current students also join an established old-student community and school tradition.
Accommodation
Damongo Senior High has both day and boarding students.
Boarders live on campus, while day students return home after lessons and activities.
If you get a place, your placement will show whether you are coming in as a boarder or a day student.